POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER (PSerc)

Robert H. Lasseter (Site Director) 2559A Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1691 Tel: 608/262-5546 Fax: 608/262-1267 E-mail: lasseter@engr.wisc.edu www.pserc.org

This multi-university, NSF-funded research consortium includes representatives from UW-Madison, Arizona State University, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, University of California-Berkeley, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Iowa State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Texas A&M University, Colorado School of Mines, and Washington State University. Its mission is to significantly contribute to the restructuring of the electric power industry without compromising its standing as a critically reliable component of the infrastructure.

PSerc consists of a diverse group of faculty and students dedicated to solving the challenges arising from power system restructuring. This cross-disciplinary team includes specialists in power system dynamics, applied mathematics, non-linear systems, power electronics, advanced control theory, computing, economics and public policy. There are many dimensions to the PSerc vision including analytical, technical, regulatory, economic and educational.

Industrial Sponsors: IABB, Alcatel, AEP, Allegheny Power, Alliant Energy, American Transmission Company, Arizona Public Service, Bonneville Power Administration, Constellation Power, Source Electric Power Research Institute, Duke Energy, Exelon, Entergy, GE Power Systems, Florida Power & Light, Institut De Recherche D'Hydro-Quebec (IREQ), Iberdrola, MidAmerican Energy, ISO-New England, New York ISO, Mitsubishi Electric, Omaha Public Power District, PowerWorld Corp., New York State Electric & Gas, Salt River Project, Reliant Energy/HL&P, Tennessee Valley Authority, Steel Tube Institute of North America, TXU, Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Western Area Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Wisconsin Electric Power Co.